diff --git a/src/app/clusters/bindings/PendingNotificationMap.h b/src/app/clusters/bindings/PendingNotificationMap.h
index fad96ea78cbb74..897749325e1baa 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/bindings/PendingNotificationMap.h
+++ b/src/app/clusters/bindings/PendingNotificationMap.h
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ class PendingNotificationContext
     void IncrementConsumersNumber() { mConsumersNumber++; }
     void DecrementConsumersNumber()
     {
-        if (mConsumersNumber > 0)
-        {
-            mConsumersNumber--;
-        }
-        else
+        VerifyOrDie(mConsumersNumber > 0);
+        if (--mConsumersNumber == 0)
         {
             // Release the context only if there is no pending notification pointing to it context.
             if (mPendingNotificationContextReleaseHandler != nullptr)